Marshall (1942) Cissilops melanocyanea V de Santa Ana: Didn't pay much attn to these jays except in the dense timber near summit Cerro del Aguila where I was trying to get Quail Dove that was hooting (from some perch day after day) Everytime I tried to stalk this dove on his high perch, one member of this flock of about 12 jays would always squawk an alarm note and the dove would shut up. When the damn thing did hoot I wasn't much better off because owing to its ventriloqual quality I could never get an exact enough direction. The jay episode happened regularly. One of this particular flock was taken. They hung around edge between dense forest and cleared field and made trouble for me generally.